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Loops, knots, gauge theories and quantum gravity /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Loops, knots, gauge theories and quantum gravity // Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin.
Author:	Gambini, Rodolfo,
other author:	Pullin, Jorge,
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Reissued as Open Access in 2022. Originally published in 2001.
Subject:	Quantum field theory. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009290203
ISBN:	9781009290203 (ebook)

Loops, knots, gauge theories and quantum gravity /
Gambini, Rodolfo,

Loops, knots, gauge theories and quantum gravity /Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin. - 1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics..

Reissued as Open Access in 2022. Originally published in 2001.

Open Access.

This volume provides a self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations, and the related topic of knot theory, in particle physics and quantum gravity. These topics are of considerable interest because they provide a unified arena for the study of the gauge invariant quantization of Yang-Mills theories and gravity, and suggest a promising approach to the eventual unification of the four fundamental forces. The book begins with a detailed review of loop representation theory and then describes loop representations in Maxwell theory, Yang-Mills theories as well as lattice techniques. Applications in quantum gravity are then discussed, with the following chapters considering knot theories, braid theories and extended loop representations in quantum gravity. A final chapter assesses the current status of the theory and points out possible directions for future research. First published in 1996, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

ISBN: 9781009290203 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

579915
Quantum field theory.

LC Class. No.: QC178 / .G36 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 530.1/43

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